Apple Turns to Alibaba to Help Build AI Model for China
Apple trained its own AI model for China with Alibaba’s help as it races to bring Apple Intelligence to Chinese customers, Reuters reported.
Crypto
Tokenized stock holders more than double as monthly volume surges
Tokenized equities reached 1.31 million holders over the past month, as monthly transfer volume surged 179% to $23.13 billion and distributed value rose 5.9% to $2.38 billion.
Robot maker Unitree is going public. Hyperliquid traders see 4x upside from IPO price
Crypto traders are betting that Unitree Robotics will be worth more than four times its IPO valuation when the Chinese robot maker debuts on the public markets.
The $11.2 billion in 2026 funding that killed crypto’s permissionless era
In the first six months of 2026, the crypto industry raised $11.2 billion. Not one dollar of it went to the permissionless, ungoverned experiments that digital assets were supposed to be built on.
Bitcoin could bottom in October, altcoins are ‘basically dead,’ Swan CEO says
Klippsten said Bitcoin could bottom about a year after its previous peak and argued that crypto’s best outcome is to become part of TradFi.
Kalshi ordered to stop broad range of prediction markets in Washington
Kalshi must implement initial geofencing by Aug. 19 and a GeoComply multi-source geofencing system by Sept. 2.
Bitcoin to $1M by 2030 is ‘mathematically impossible’ says Markus Thielen
The trillions required to boost Bitcoin to a price of $1 million per coin is not going to happen by 2030... or perhaps ever, says party pooper Markus Thielen.
Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard's $1.8 billion deal: Crypto's week in 5 stories
Last week, Strategy sold bitcoin, Wall Street bought deeper into crypto, Washington kept Clarity alive, and Bitcoin itself split over how the network should change.
Trump-Linked World Liberty Gets Conditional Bank Charter for USD1 Stablecoin
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Thursday granted preliminary conditional approval for a national trust bank tied to World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture backed by President Donald Trump and his f…
Everyone Is Bearish on XRP—But On-Chain Activity Tells a Different Story: What’s Next for Price?
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Bitcoin price holds below $63,000 as selling pressure offsets regulatory progress
Crypto stocks are in flux since Bitcoin (BTC) was rejected by its 200-day moving average and slowly staggered dangerously close to $60,000. That sector weakness has Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) on i…
Uniswap Faces a Critical Test at $3.20 After Sharp Rejection—Is UNI Heading to $3 or Loading Up for a $4 Rebound?
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Chainlink Breaks Above $9 — Can Whale Accumulation Drive LINK Price Above $12?
Chainlink (LINK) has broken above the $9.04 resistance, turning the recent consolidation into a potential bullish continuation setup.
Galaxy lowers CLARITY Act odds to 10%
Galaxy cited unresolved ethics, stablecoin yield and developer protection issues, along with a narrow Senate window when lawmakers return in September.
Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say
President Donald Trump is expected to be in attendance when the administration's new innovation committee — a crowd of crypto CEOs and leaders of prediction market and AI companies — sits for a White House meeting on We…
Oil to Bitcoin: Norway and UAE Boost Wealth Funds via MSTR and BlackRock
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Gen Z favors ETFs and trades less than older cohorts: Binance
Binance data showed Gen Z allocating a growing share of equity activity to ETFs while trading less frequently and using less leverage than older working-age cohorts.
XRP Price News Today: XRP Falls Below $1 as Experts Recall Bitcoin’s 470 ‘Death’ Calls
XRP fell below the $1 mark this week, touching as low as $0.99, as a broader crypto market selloff dragged prices lower across the board. The move triggered a familiar wave of bearish commentary online, with some trader…
France Tax Data Leak Could Fuel Scams, Attacks Targeting Bitcoin Holders
A hacker is selling a trove of French tax records that could expose more than 678,000 people and businesses, including Bitcoin holders, to phishing, identity theft, and targeted attacks.
SharpLink Will Stake $200M of Ethereum Through Lido's wstETH
Sharplink plans to stake roughly 12% of its total Ethereum holdings through Lido, earning yield while staying active in DeFi.
Ireland plans industry standards for illicit crypto use
The proposed policies under Ireland’s AML framework included stricter measures on transfers from private crypto wallets and overseas digital asset companies.
Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter from federal regulator
A federal bank regulator has granted World Liberty Trust Co. a conditional bank charter, it announced Friday.
Dartmouth endowment’s crypto exposure drops by $2M amid falling prices
The value of the university endowment’s holdings in the Bitwise Solana staking ETF, Grayscale Ethereum staking ETF and BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF dropped to about $12 million.
Another Bitcoin Miner Sells Off BTC to Fund AI Data Center Pivot
Bitcoin miner Hyperscale sold most of its Bitcoin but said it plans to rebuild its holdings through mining and future purchases.